[...]... aim at the Doctor The Doctor saw his danger, and dealt with it in the only way possible There was no cover on the flat roof and at this range the Corporal could scarcely miss The Doctor ran to the far edge of the roof on the other side from the firing squad below, and took a flying leap into space He made a soft landing in a flower bed, Jumped to his feet and ran along the path-straight into the middle... what's going on!' The Doctor and Sarah dropped down from the perimeter wall, and ran for the shelter of the woods As the Doctor had hoped, their enemies were widely scattered and hunting in the wrong part of the complex, and they'd managed to get clear of the center unseen Once inside the wood, they paused to regain their breath 'Well, so far so good,' said the Doctor optimistically 'As the man said when... she jumped down from the wall, and began trailing after them The mechanics led the Doctor to the far side of the complex They took him through a side entrance and down a long corridor lined with metal doors They opened one apparently at random, thrust him inside, and slammed the door behind He heard the rattle of bars and bolts, and then footsteps moving away The Doctor was in a standard prison-type... white-overalled helmeted mechanics who' d appeared round the corner of a building The mechanics raised their fingers in that strange, pointing gesture The Doctor remembered the way those fingers could spit bullets, and raised his hands The mechanics surrounded him and led him away Sarah watched from the top of the wall as the Doctor was led along the path alongside the building When the Doctor and his captors were... instruction In the bar everyone was still chatting amiably The Corporal finished his pint, and pushed his mug across the bar for another one As Morgan began refilling it, the Corporal glanced idly round the bar and caught sight of the handle of the storeroom door It was moving, and as he watched, the door opened the merest crack He stepped swiftly across the bar, caught hold of the handle and jerked the door... had disappeared and she didn't fancy going back to the village, she'd decided to go to the Space Research Center and look for some answers there She struggled to the top of the high wall, and got a grandstand view of the entire proceedings She saw the Doctor running along the roof, and the soldiers firing from below As she watched another soldier appeared through a hatch in the roof and knelt down,... undisturbed, and there was more open country on the far side But the Doctor was nowhere in sight The baffled dogs cast up and down the bank, looking for a scent, and soon one of them unearthed the bundle of clothing Adams turned it over with his foot 'They must have swum across to confuse the scent Half of you go around that way, and the rest come with me We'll try to cut them off,' The group divided and set... the Doctor He advises the humans on defense The female is his companion They have arrived in the biomagnetron by error.' There was a moment's pause, then the alien voice said suspiciously, 'By error? Or by design? If this Doctor advises the humans on defense—' He was interrupted by the howl of the alarm siren 'The guards have spotted them,' said Crayford eagerly 'After them, Crayford, after them! They... coat, and shoes, and bundling them together with Sarah's coat, thrust them into the middle of a nearby bush He hurried back to the lake Not long afterwards a squad of soldiers ran down to the lake Corporal Adams was in command, and two of the soldiers held huge bloodhounds straining at the leash The hunters stopped, and looked about them There was open country all around, the lake lay placid and undisturbed,... We're bound to be caught now.' The Doctor shook his head, listening as the sounds of pursuit moved away from the building 'On the contrary, we've got them going in the wrong direction The farther they spread out searching for us, the better our chances of getting away.' They heard the sound of running feet and ducked down The Doctor risked a quick look and saw yet another squad of soldiers, this time . take over the Earth. Will he be in time to defeat the deadly Kraals and their terrifying android invasion? ISBN 0 426 20037 3 DOCTOR WHO AND THE ANDROID INVASION Based on the BBC television. you'll fall.' They began running along the edge of the quarry. But the distance between them and the soldier was greater than that between the soldier and the quarry edge, and they had no chance. The four mechanics lowered their arms and turned to face each other. They stood motionless, for a moment in silent conference. Then they split up. Two of them turned and went back the way they